War Memorial, Stranraer Sheriff Court

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 20/07/1972 Last Date Amended 09/09/2015 Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Burgh Stranraer NGR NX 05989 60657 Coordinates 205989, 560657 — Thomas Brown and James Maitland Wardrop, 1871-1874; remodelled 1882 and circa 1939; further alterations and additions by Property Services Agency, circa 1970s. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay roughly square plan sheriff court house in Flemish Gothic style with 4-stage, square-plan tower at northeast corner. Red Galashiels sandstone with buff Hexham stone dressings. String courses dividing storeys to east elevation, long and short quoins. Pointed arch openings at first floor and long and short surrounds to openings. The east (entrance) elevation has a slightly advanced doorpiece at centre with a hoodmoulded pointed arch leading to a 2-leaf timber door flanked by single windows, and balustrade parapet with stone ball finials. Tripartite lancet windows with stone mullions at first floor with a recessed plaque of Stranraer arms above and lion rampant at gable apex. Bipartite lancet windows with stone mullion at first floor to outer bays. Crowstepped gables to each bay, those to outer bays with small single windows. Corbelled chimneys at gable apexes and crocketed finials divide gables. Dragon gargoyles on corners to outer left and right. The west (rear) elevation is 9 bays (arranged 2-2-5), with a flat-roofed harled extension to the left dating to circa 1939. There is gabled dormer at attic in bay to the right of the tower. The tower has steps leading to a porch with a round-arched opening, there are single windows at the 2nd stage and a single window to the north elevation only at the 3rd stage. Broached at apex and stone-spired octagonal belfry. 4- and 6-pane glazing in timber

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.